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Successful transfer of Sandia National Laboratories' outdoor test technology to TÜV Rheinland Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory

  • Jennifer E. Granata
  • , William E. Boyson
  • , Jay A. Kratochvil
  • , Bo Li
  • , Venkata Abbaraju
  • , Govinda Samy TamizhMani
  • , Lawrence Pratt

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) has observed an increased demand for high accuracy outdoor photovoltaic (PV) module characterization using Sandia's Photovoltaic Array Performance Model [1]. To meet this demand, Sandia entered into a competitively-bid agreement in May 2009 with TÜV Rheinland Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (TÜV-PTL) to transfer Sandia's capability to fully characterize standard, commercial-scale PV modules. Sandia and TÜV-PTL worked closely on two round-robin experiments and months of subsequent work and discussions that resulted in module performance output calculations agreeing to within +/-2.5%.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProgram - 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Pages3132-3137
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: Jun 19 2011Jun 24 2011

Publication series

NameConference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)0160-8371

Other

Other37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period6/19/116/24/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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